CVS: Condoms Vs Shoplifters


A coalition of labor unions is criticizing CVS pharmacies for locking up condoms in some of its stores. The group, Change to Win, says that putting the rubbers behind glass means that young people will be less likely to ask for them, while CVS counters that the locked case means less people will steal the [...]

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UCC’s health advocates press for increased condom distribution - if the churches are not going to teach the Word of God then we have a responsibility to do something!


Highlighting the need for churches to be places of spiritual and physical wellness, UCAN, Inc. (United Church of Christ HIV and AIDS Network) has issued a statement encouraging condom distribution at places of worship.
The statement, presented to the UCC’s Wider Church Ministries joint board meeting in Cleveland March 19, comes on the heels of a [...]

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February designated Condom Awareness Month


February is often considered the month of love, flowers, chocolate-covered strawberries, candy – and condoms? 
While teenagers are engaging in activities of love and lust, Planned Parenthood of Indiana is spreading the word of safe-sex practices by recognizing February as Condom Awareness Month.
The organization said it felt the need to designate a month for safe-sex practices [...]

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Older people more likely to have unprotected sex


NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People in their 30s and 40s are much less likely than teens to use condoms when having sex with someone for the first time, new research from the UK shows.
 
While 68 percent of 16- to 19-year-olds said they used protection for the first sexual encounter with a new partner, just [...]

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Study: Sex on TV linked to teen pregnancies


By Laura T. Coffey
TODAYShow.com contributor
In the world of television programming, sex sells — perhaps a little too well with young viewers, a new study suggests.
The RAND Corp. study is the first of its kind to identify a link between teenagers’ exposure to sexual content on TV and teen pregnancies. The study, released Monday and published [...]

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Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report


Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report

 

 

 

Global Challenges | Sex Workers in Bali Begin Working in Remote Villages, Increasing Risk of HIV Transmission, Report Says
[Oct 28, 2008]

      Commercial sex workers in Bali in response to strict monitoring by city officials have begun working in remote villages, increasing the risk of HIV transmission in the region, according to a [...]

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Madonna’s condom attack


(Monday October 13, 2008 04:24 PM)
Madonna continued her campaign against Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin at a concert in New York on Saturday night (October 11).
The star was onstage at Madison Square Garden when, after performing her ’80s hit “Express Yourself”, she proclaimed “I’d like to express myself to Sarah Palin right now”.
She then [...]

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